{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a287aa26642088a10d7dd19/6a9edbee0797014d1e934d49?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Pots, Politics, Protests and Pals","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6a287aa26642088a10d7dd19/1788795852545-ac628df9-84a4-47f7-8ab7-a8461ef725d2.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Welcome back to Season 2 of 'Round the Studios: Scottish History from a different perspective'. In episode 1, Karen talks to her lifelong friend (they have known each other since they were 4 years old) the ceramicist and all round legend, Dr Maria Di Mario.*</p><p><br></p><p>Maria is a Barcelona-based ceramicist who ingrains her feminist politics into her work and life. As a mother of three young children, her work reflects her lived experience of being an artist, working mother, partner and friend. Throughout this episode she provides the listener with a fabulous reading list which have helped her during times of change and at the various stages of womanhood. She has been a stable and supporting, and stable figure throughout Karen's life and if anything, this episode in just a glimpse into the friendship and shared history between the two.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><ul><li>Maria holds a PhD in Creative Writing, but I knew that she wouldn't use her 'Dr' title. See, told you she was an all round badass?!</li></ul>","author_name":"Karen Mailley"}